HSK 6 · Verbs

鼓动 gǔdòng “to stir up” in Chinese

Traditional 鼓動

What 鼓动 means

  1. to stir up
  2. to incite
  3. to rouse
  4. to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral)
  5. to encourage
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to agitate
  • to instigate
  • to beat
  • to flap (wings, a fan etc)

How to say 鼓动

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale鼓gǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling

鼓动 in a sentence

  1. 他鼓动大家一起去爬山。

    Tā gǔdòng dàjiā yìqǐ qù páshān.

    He got everyone fired up to go hiking together.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 在朋友的鼓动下，她报名参加了比赛。

    Zài péngyou de gǔdòng xià, tā bàomíng cānjiā le bǐsài.

    Urged on by her friends, she signed up for the competition.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 鼓动 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 鼓 (gǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
鼓gǔdrum
  • 壴drum · zhùMeaning part
  • 支branch · zhīSound part

壴 hints at the meaning (drum); 支 (zhī) hints at the sound. Compare it with gǔ.

The character 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

How to write 鼓动

鼓 13 strokes · 动 6 strokes

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鼓动 (gǔdòng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 鼓动 (gǔdòng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 鼓动

Words with 鼓

鼓励gǔlì · to encourage鼓掌gǔzhǎng · to applaud鼓舞gǔwǔ · to inspire

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved激动jīdòng · excited动作dòngzuò · movement

More words: Thinking & Talking

各抒己见gèshūjǐjiàn · everyone voices their own opinion歌颂gēsòng · to sing the praises of公认gōngrèn · generally recognised构思gòusī · to conceive (an idea or plot)辜负gūfù · to let down过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with寒暄hánxuān · to exchange pleasantries

FAQs

鼓动 (gǔdòng) means “to stir up” or “to incite”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gǔdòng: gǔ with a 3rd tone, then dòng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 鼓动 is written 鼓動. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gudong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鼓动 from the suggestions. Typing gudong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鼓动 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.